Ubisoft: Just Dance 2 clears five million sales (internal tracking)

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Pineapple said:

Let's see if VGChartz agrees with their "third biggest franchise" claim.

2010 sales of

Just Dance: 4471k
Just Dance 2: 4869k
Just Dance Kids: 375k

Total: 9715k

Now, this confuses me. By VGChartz numbers, Just Dance isn't even the biggest Ubisoft franchise of 2010. All of the Assassin's Creeds combined total out to 9933k.

But sure, that's really a statistical tie.

Now, for biggest franchises, let's see.

Mario: A bit above 40 million
Call of Duty: Roughly 27.5 million
Pokemon: 13.7 million
Halo: 9.846 million

So unless you decide to start splitting up Mario (which would make Mario into New Super Mario Bros = 15.2 million and Mario Kart = 9.3 million), I can't think of any other 9 million franchises for 2010.

 Of course, Wii Sports Resorts made it on its own (11.3 million), But Ubisoft might just not count that.

Even though Ubisoft is talking shipped, I really can't see how Just Dance sold more than Pokemon. I mean, the original surely shipped a substantial amount of copies in 2009, which means that it actually shipped less than 9 million, and Pokemon Gold/Silver (outside of Japan) Pokemon Black/White (Japan) alone shipped more than that.

All in all, 3rd place seems impossible, but Just Dance might very well be 4th. By VGChartz, it's tied 4th with Assassin's Creed and Halo.

Maybe they mean for a 3rd party...or we overtracked AC by a bit